Ahoy mateys, welcome to our blog. Here we will be updating you on the developement of the game and sharing our adventure!
ShipAntics stars a madcap crew of seafaring adventurers; Captain Fred, the warm-hearted skipper of the Barnacle, Amanda his precocious, wild and wide-eyed daughter and Otto, a cheeky young tall-tale touting Octopus. The game follows Amanda and Otto as they venture into the wild blue yonder, solving mysteries and puzzles with Fred and the rest of the crew of the Barnacle.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Some old Otto concepts. I went through so many different designs for Otto, but looking back they don't exactly look a million miles from the finished one. The toughest decision was whether to give him eight legs and have him sorta scuttle around like a spider, or give him a more human look. He was actually born with only four legs, and is considered a freak in the Octopus world, but this means he has found it easier to adapt to life on dry land (also eight legs would have made it rather tricky to animate I reckon).

The octopus is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. Octopuses
are among the most intelligent and behaviorally flexible of all
invertebrates. They have numerous strategies for defending themselves
against predators, including the expulsion of ink, the use of camouflage
and deimatic displays, their ability to jet quickly through the water,
and their ability to hide! Yeah that last one sounds about right to
me.